Pig fat, rendered — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Pig fat, rendered — Production was 2,524 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Pig fat, rendered — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 2,524 t for pig fat, rendered — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.6% on the previous year and up 151.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pig fat, rendered — production in Southern Africa peaked at 9,538 t in 1994 and was at its lowest, 894.45 t, in 2014.
That places Southern Africa 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Pig fat, rendered — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,206 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,368 t | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 3,273 t | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 3,529 t | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 4,011 t | +13.6% |
| 1966 | 4,235 t | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 4,076 t | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 4,493 t | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 5,141 t | +14.4% |
| 1970 | 5,022 t | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 4,881 t | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 5,770 t | +18.2% |
| 1973 | 6,418 t | +11.2% |
| 1974 | 5,917 t | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 5,790 t | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 6,121 t | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 6,026 t | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 5,455 t | -9.5% |
| 1979 | 5,376 t | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 5,975 t | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 6,631 t | +11.0% |
| 1982 | 6,971 t | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 6,576 t | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 7,032 t | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 6,368 t | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 6,427 t | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 6,767 t | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 6,955 t | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 7,435 t | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 7,583 t | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 7,346 t | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 7,796 t | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 7,652 t | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 9,538 t | +24.7% |
| 1995 | 8,356 t | -12.4% |
| 1996 | 8,641 t | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 8,078 t | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 7,050 t | -12.7% |
| 1999 | 8,564 t | +21.5% |
| 2000 | 7,048 t | -17.7% |
| 2001 | 7,706 t | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 7,609 t | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 7,202 t | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 6,992 t | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 7,843 t | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 6,928 t | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 7,992 t | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 8,594 t | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 8,671 t | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1,217 t | -86.0% |
| 2011 | 951.81 t | -21.8% |
| 2012 | 1,081 t | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 1,005 t | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 894.45 t | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 1,395 t | +55.9% |
| 2016 | 1,604 t | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 3,090 t | +92.7% |
| 2018 | 2,588 t | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 2,924 t | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 2,839 t | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 2,761 t | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 1,917 t | -30.6% |
| 2023 | 2,524 t | +31.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,926 t | 3,206 t | 5,141 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,678 t | 4,881 t | 6,418 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,714 t | 5,975 t | 7,435 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,060 t | 7,050 t | 9,538 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,658 t | 6,928 t | 8,671 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,675 t | 894.45 t | 3,090 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,511 t | 1,917 t | 2,839 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pig fat, rendered — production in Southern Africa?
- Pig fat, rendered — production in Southern Africa was 2,524 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pig fat, rendered — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,538 t in 1994.
- What is the lowest pig fat, rendered — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 894.45 t in 2014.
- How does Southern Africa rank for pig fat, rendered — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is pig fat, rendered — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 151.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pig fat, rendered — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.